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Total Fees

2.60 L

Exam

GATE

Fees Details

General

₹ 2.60 L

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Course Details

MODE

Full time

DURATION

36 Months

Ph.D. program in Pharmaceutical Science shall be for a minimum duration of three years, including course work, and a maximum of six years. Extension beyond the above limits will be governed by the relevant clauses as stipulated in the Statute/Ordinance of the individual Institution concerned. the program offered by Girijananda Chowdhury University.

Specialization Offered: Pharmaceutics, Pharmacognosy, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacology

Important dates

Exams and Events	Dates

GATE Result Date (Mode - Online)	18 Mar'25 - 18 Mar'25
GATE Score Card Date (Mode - Online)	27 Mar'25 - 30 May'25
GATE Score Card Date - Availability of Score Cards for download by paying a fee of Rs. 500 per test paper (Mode - Online)	31 May'25 - 30 Dec'25

CEED Result Date (Mode - Online)	4 Mar'25 - 4 Mar'25
CEED Score Card Date - Score Cards start and end date for downloading (Mode - Online)	9 Mar'25 - 10 Jun'25

CSIR UGC NET

Exam Date - Exam date (Mode - Offline)

27 Feb'25 - 1 Mar'25

Eligibility Criteria

The following criteria are eligible for any candidate to seek admission to the Ph.D. programme to GCU (Assam):

Candidates for admission to the Ph.D. programme of GCU (Assam) shall have successfully completed the following criteria’s:
- Candidate successfully completing 1-year/2-semester Master’s degree programme(after 4 year undergraduate degree) securing at least 55% marks in aggregate or itsequivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed.
  OR an equivalent degree from a foreign educational institution accredited by an Assessment and Accreditation Agency which is approved, recognized or authorized by an authority, established or incorporated under a law in its home country or any other statutory authority in that country to assess, accredit or assure quality and standards of educational institutions.
- A candidate successfully completing 2-year/4-semester Master’s degree programme, with the same conditions as specified above in the sub-clause above;
- A candidate seeking admission after a 4-year/8-semester bachelor’s degree programme should have a minimum of 75% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade on a point scale wherever the grading system is followed. A relaxation of 5% marks or its equivalent grade may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer)/Differently-abled, Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the Commission from time to time.
Candidates who have cleared the M. Phil. course work with at least 55% marks in aggregate or an equivalent degree from a Foreign Institution accredited by an Assessment and Accreditation Agency which is approved, recognized or authorized by an authority, established or incorporated under a law in its home country or any other statutory authority in that country to assess, accredit or assure quality and standards of educational institutions, shall be eligible for admission to the Ph.D. programme.
Reservation criteria: A relaxation of 5% of marks or an equivalent relaxation of grade, may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer)/Differentlyabled, Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the Commission from time to time.

Note: The eligibility marks of 55% (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and the relaxation of 5% to the categories mentioned above are permissible based only on the qualifying marks without including the grace mark procedures, if any.

Admission Details

Apart from regular candidate, selected candidates who fall under any of the categories viz (a) Sponsored, (b) Part-time, and (c) Project Fellow must include along with the application format, a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from their employer/Project Investigator in the prescribed format. Such candidates shall complete their course work within the specified period and shall be allowed to submit the Research proposal by the third semester only after obtaining necessary leave in the prescribed format from their employers. Candidates who qualify for fellowship/scholarship in UGC-NET/UGC-CSIR NET/GATE/GPAT/CEED and similar National level tests shall be automatically selected for direct interview and shall be exempted from the GCU-RET written test. For review, a copy of the certificate proving passing the competitive national level test must be sent with the application. For general applicants who do not meet the requirements of the aforementioned National level assessments, a written te(GCU-RET) and interview will be required.